Description

Course Title: Heavy Weather Navigation for Yachts Training

Course Duration: 45 Minutes

Who is the course for?

This Heavy Weather Navigation for Yachts Training course is for deck officers serving on yachts.

Is previous experience required?

No previous experience is required to complete this course.

How will the course benefit me?

By describing how to monitor and predict weather at sea, understanding how passage planning and monitoring can be influenced by heavy weather, and how routing systems can be utilized to keep the vessel safe.

How will the course benefit my company?

By ensuring crew understand how passage planning and monitoring can be influenced by heavy weather in order to avoid delays and injuries.

Learning Objectives

• Explain what is meant by heavy weather and why it can be dangerous

• Describe heavy weather in tropical climates

• Explain the bridge preparations necessary for heavy weather

• Describe the signs of approaching heavy weather

• Describe the responsibilities of the Officer of the Watch

• Explain the impacts of heavy weather on radar detection and how to minimize disruption

• Describe how to prepare the vessel for heavy weather

• Describe weather routing in passage planning

Assessment

Exam as part of the course